Title :
Performance of NACK-oriented reliable multicast in distributed routers
Author :
Hidell, Markus ; Sjödin, Peter
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Signals, Sensors & Syst., KTH-R. Inst. of Technol., Stockholm
Abstract :
We investigate a decentralized modular system design for routers, where functional modules are connected to a high-performance network. In such a distributed system internal reliable dissemination of data to multiple receivers is an important issue. We study the use of a reliable multicast protocol (NORM-NACK-oriented reliable multicast) for routing table dissemination in a distributed router, which has been designed and implemented in our networking laboratory. Experimental results of using both file-and stream-oriented transport services in NORM are presented and compared. We also compare the use of reliable multicast with an ideal "hand-tuned" multicast dissemination. We find that NORM is useful for this application, but that there is a certain cost in terms of overhead
Keywords :
multicast protocols; routing protocols; telecommunication network reliability; NACK-oriented reliable multicast; NORM; decentralized modular system design; distributed router; file-oriented transport service; negative acknowledgment; stream-oriented transport service; Costs; High speed optical techniques; Multicast protocols; Network servers; Optical fiber networks; Optical interconnections; Optical network units; Optical receivers; Power system reliability; Telecommunication network reliability;
Conference_Titel :
High Performance Switching and Routing, 2006 Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Poznan
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9569-7
DOI :
10.1109/HPSR.2006.1709714
